- Date Of Birth: December 15, 1939
- Date Of Death: May 4, 2022
- State: Massachusetts
Gridley McAdam Losee, Sr., was born in 1939 in Utica, NY, and raised in New Hartford, NY. After graduating high school in 1957, he attended St. Lawrence University earning a B.A in Business Administration in 1961. Following college he enlisted in the United States Army, achieving the rank of First Lieutenant while serving at Fort Carson, Colorado from 1962-1964. Thereafter, he began a career as an industrial engineer moving to Boston in 1964. He worked as a foreman for General Motors and GTE Sylvania – Phillips before going into business for himself. In 1969, he purchased the Dairy Queen in Ipswich, MA, which he owned and operated for 37 years until his retirement at age 68 in 2008.
Gridley was also an avid sportsman.
He was a performer at heart, participating in theatrical productions, and also as a clown. Since the 1970s, he was a member of “Alley 54”, a clown club in Salem, MAand adopted two clown names, “Gumper” and “Neon”. In recent years, Grid was joined by his wife Pat (Rosey the clown). He and his wife Pat were enthusiastic dancers with many friends at the Continental Restaurant and other venues.
Gridley also devoted time to creating artwork and was proud of the mosaics he enjoyed creating. Gridley also wrote, authoring five published works.
Gridley is survived by his wife, Pat (Rose), his sons, Gridley (Adam) M. Losee, Jr., his wife Elizabeth, and granddaughters Charlotte and Caroline as well as and Alden T. Losee, his wife, Tara, and granddaughter Julia, and grandson Evan. Also leaving his step-son Ryan Weldon McAlary and his husband Philip Coppola. He leaves his brother Walter and his wife Ellie, nieces Kirsten and Heather and his sister Heather and George Link and his niece, Mesha.
Relatives and friends are kindly invited to join the family at Polcari’s, Rt 1 N.
